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Smith Aquatics
Добавлен 26 май 2012
Using this channel for the aquarium hobby
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replacing the sicce canister filter on the 55 gallon
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replacing the sicce canister filter on the 55 gallon
making the 55 gallon into a community tank
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making the 55 gallon into a community tank
the Aquael hypermax 4500 unboxing and install
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the Aquael hypermax 4500 unboxing and install
run down of the tanks for anyone who is new
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run down of the tanks for anyone who is new
unboxing and installing the aquatop surface skimmer
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unboxing and installing the aquatop surface skimmer
I'm behind on this one but changes that were made to the 55 gallon
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I'm behind on this one but changes that were made to the 55 gallon
55 gallon build aquascaping (final part)
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55 gallon build aquascaping (final part)
55 gallon build part 5 ( plants have arrived)
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55 gallon build part 5 ( plants have arrived)
55 gallon build finally starting scaping
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55 gallon build finally starting scaping
55 gallon build part 3 (making sliding lids and showing a couple of orders that came)
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55 gallon build part 3 (making sliding lids and showing a couple of orders that came)
55 gallon build part 2 ( the painting)
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55 gallon build part 2 ( the painting)
That 55 is really looking nice! The plants are starting to fill out and are looking healthy. What is the plant at the far right that has taken off? Take care, and I really enjoy your tanks.
@AE6YT-Glenn thank you I can't remember the name but I ordered it from dustinfish tanks
That's so beautiful. Great looking aquariums
@@dannyaquatics thank you
The tank looks great
@@mexicalifishkeeper thank you
How’s it holding up? Thinking of getting this to add to my 120gal cichlid tank with my fx4. Just as a secondary. Any leaks or issues? Petco got them on sale right now $100
@@Jlui83 it works well except for when you have to prime it after cleaning
@@blackwolf1987ks what do you mean? The priming doesn’t work? Or that you just have to prime it?
@Jlui83 when priming it the suction dosent hold when you go to clean your filter so it can be difficult to get it going again
Your tank is looking good. Can you tell me where you bought the driftwood from. Thanks
@bryanimpala I bought it off of ebay they sent random pieces
Oh ok, thanks for letting me know..
@@bryanimpala no problem
Hi, what light are you using?
@@pix4c I'm using beamswork
You could easily add more neons as well as whatever the other fish you want! Good luck with the funky gourami :)
What is the amount of wattage this big boy will be pulling? I like that it has 2 in and 2 out puts. Who makes this filter? Just have to say they hit it on the nose when they added wheels to this huge canister filter. I cna imagine how much it weighs when full with water. How big is your aquarium that you need that much beef on it? By the way looking at this video for the first time even though you posted this a month ago. Would like to know after a month or so of having this enormous canister filter running how are you equally excited on the performance issues on your Hyper Max 4500? Very informative video I must add. You look like you just have purchased a filter that may be up and running for years to come. Never heard of this brand of filter would like to know how you stumbled upon this filter. Was it recommended by someone you know or were you just browsing in the filter department and decided on the Cadillac of filtration. I started watcing this and while writing I heard the first question that I was asking which was the wattage this big acnister will be using. Do you have the option to just use 1 intake and 1 out take to maybe increase or decrease the amount of water movement to your friendly sea creatures. Salt or freshwater is it being used for? Interesting video as I am getting ready to clean my aquariums. wondering if you can use on 2 seperate aquariums as well? Again thanks for bringing this aquarium filter into perspective. I am more of a classic Eheim person and my go to for HOB filters is Aqua Clear. Very much I go to filters that have been around for a while as I don't want to come home to any surprises. Still I don't want to take away from a upcoming filter that may as well have you, to look at as a help to build up sales for them. Maybe when it comes to replacement parts you can send them this video and maybe get a discount on replacement parts. I would definitely put on clamps especially being that those candy cane's as you call them don't seem to have ridges on them and seem to be smooth finish. Then again who am I to tell you what to install on your new canister filter. For someone who says they don't like bashing other companies for there filtration methods and hoses from other type of manufacturer's, You did a hell of a good job name calling them all out. Example Fluval X-5 and Sun Sun canister's. Great job on the video. Coming to you from the city that never sleeps. If you can figure that one out? See how I didn't call out my city and still gave you a slight hint of the city. .
@jasonirizarry8461 appericate the comment.. the filter itself has a plus and minus button the head itself so you can adjust the flow which in return the wattage used depends on the amount of flow you choose to use ..I've already did a cleaning on it just to see how well it works and honestly it seems like you can run it for about 3 to 4 months depending on your bio load before cleaning it is heavy when load with water and media but the wheels do help alot I run it on my 125 geophagus tank but since you can adjust the flow you don't have to run it at 100%. I ran across this filter when I was looking up filters to try in replace of my fx6 and saw this one and did a little research before buying now for running it on you different aquariums because of the to inputs and outputs I honestly wouldn't but it isn't out of the realm of possibilities though that was a good question by the way..I can run of both fresh and saltwater aquariums and aqua el makes the filter they also make other models that are smaller so far no issues with it but only time will tell but I would say give it a try though it's very quiet still cause I know some canisters I used in the past that got noisy after cleaning it the first time so far not this one
Good review. I'll have to look them up. I use primarily sponge filters, two per tank. Sometimes I add a box filter. I like box filters; they were what I started out with in the 60s and I'm familiar with their use. Right now, I'm fighting a bacteria bloom and ammonia spike in my show tank, so I'm running a box filter with filter floss, Zeolite, and a fine filter pad. It's slowly getting the aquarium back under control. When it gets better, I'll put a finer filter pad and maybe some charcoal in the box filter. Your water is always so clear! Is it due to using cannister filters, Purigen, or both? Take care.
@@AE6YT-Glenn it's mostly from using purigen
Very impressive tank buddy. Are those geophagus??
@@jamespidgeon5428 yes they are
Do you have the name for them?
@@jamespidgeon5428 geophagus sveni and geophagus red head
Hello from my fish room channel in Chicago, where I'm a subscriber to yours. Big fan of the classic striped silver angel. Iconic.
@@LushSaltyAquariums thank you
I'm also a subscriber of your
Looking good 👍👍👍
@@SkullAquatics thank you
I like this tank! What type of wood are you using as your centerpieces?
@AE6YT-Glenn malaysian driftwood
Happy Saturday! You have at least one male, and probably a second, angelfish. (I look for the forehead bump that most cichlids have.) That's a healthy-looking tank and I like the scape. When I had fish stealing food from another species, I'd feed them again a half-hour or so later. Plan B was to feed them a totally different food, like a sinking wafer. Take care, and I still need to watch that canister filter video.
Im sure you will get around to it when u have time
Appreciate this video!! I've been thinking about getting one in the future. Did you find a deal on yours? I've seen them listed for $499.00.
@Wizardsfishbox no I didn't find a deal I had to pay full price but so far it's working really good more update on a later video
Been running this filter for a while now,holds a ton of media ,very high flow rate ,and way quieter than my FX6. Noise being the biggest plus for me as the FX is still an excellent filter and I'm still running it on another aquarium but not in my living room. I recommend all Aquael filters for quiet value for money filtration. One tip I offer is when cleaning the prefilter you do the following....with the filter running close the valves bringing water into filter first,wait for 20 seconds the close the out of filter valves, then stop the filter, you won't get water everywhere when you open up the prefilter to clean it....All the best From Ireland, the Hypermax is definitely a great filter .
@mediscusnut7994 thank you for the advance on cleaning and I do agree with on the fx6
When I bred angelfish (decades ago) I found that you needed tanks, a few tanks. A breeding tank for the "courting" pair, a "nursery" tank for the baby fish, and as you've seen, sometimes the pair need to be separated. I also used a big "pickle jar" to put the eggs is with an airstone to keep the water circulating. Some people get them to spawn in a big community tank, but it has to be the right pair who continue to work together and have not very aggressive tankmates. I like your tank. I'm finding that my Water Wisteria wants to take over the tank unless you trim it back. It tends to get leggy, so I've had to take some of mine out, cut off the bottom half and replant it. I still need to sit down and watch your filter video, as I've never had a canister filter and would like to learn about them. Take care.
@@AE6YT-Glenn thank you if you decide to watch it hopefully you will enjoy it
nice unboxing greetings from belgium
@yamasupportaccount4332 thank you I appericate that
Yes, moving out the other angels would be best for all of them. It'll be interesting to see how well the new parents do raising up their fry. New parents sometimes don't do the right thing. You keep breeding fish you'll have a fish room! Over the years I've bred many different species of fish, but none of my angelfish made it to adulthood. Don't be discouraged if it takes a few spawnings until they get the hang of raising the babies. Take care.
Those are beautiful angels! I'm in the market for a four-foot light, so it's interesting to see the different ones y'all have. So far, I'm using sponge and box filters. I do not care for the HOB (hang on back) filters, as everyone I've tried ends up pumping water onto the floor. I've never had a canister filter, but that may change some day. Take care.
Only happy angelfish lay eggs. Good to see. Take care.
I've always loved angelfish. It looks like you have one or two males there. Everything looks so good! Take care.
@@AE6YT-Glenn thank you
Looks nice. Your water is always so clear! My Water Wisteria is growing really fast and I'm trimming it every month or so. Take care.
@@AE6YT-Glenn thank you
I can't wait to name them all
@cristysworld9661 yep u gone have alot of names to come up with lol
Very cool 👍👍👍
Very nice looking tank, just subbed
@@mexicalifishkeeper thank you
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Looking good. As far as the Hygger lights. I have one on a 29 gallon and was having issues with the timer. So, I bought a regular timer and plugged the hygger light in to it and let the wall timer control it. Works really well that way. You just turn the hygger light on and plug it to the timer and then the timer controls the time is on and off. They also sell smart timers on amazon that you can control by your phone. Just something to consider so you don't have to buy new lights.
@@bryanimpala thanks I'm going to look in to that
Ich würde den Skalaren noch ein paar Unterstände/Versteckmöglichkeiten gönnen, etwa durch Wurzeln oder Pflanzen, wie Vallisnerien oder Riesenvallisnerien! 😉
IME the parents are usually really good at protecting them until they are free swimming. Baby angelfish are dumb and wills tray too far from the parents protection and the other fish can pick them off. If you want to try to raise babies I would remove the danios and other angels. Though it looks like you don't have too many other fish in the tank so they may do fine. Also once a pair starts breeding it will often be a regular thing so you could just leave it and see how things go and if things go wrong this time you can make changes in the future if you want to try for babies.
Your tank is looking great, I just watched all the video's of your 55 gallon setup. Its coming along really well. I do have a question, was wondering what brand light fixture you are using on the 55. I am in the planning stages of setting one up too and your light looks good on that tank and the plants are loving it.
@bryanimpala thank you for watching I'm using beamswork as my lights cheap but works really good
Oh ok, thank you for letting me know. Can u tell me which model of it you are using cause there are several different ones. Thanks
@@bryanimpala no problem
Very cool 👍👍👍
Beautiful tank 👍👍👍
@@SkullAquatics thank you
Again, between you and Jeff I'll never find new channels first ever again 😂
@@mexicalifishkeeper I appericate the support
So clean!!
@@intothefuture1.618 thank you
The scape is awesome, subscribed! Angels are looking real healthy even with the move. That neon tetra looks like a big girl but just be careful when the angels start putting on some size, they'll eat it if the opportunity presents itself.
@intothefuture1.618 thank you
BEAUTIFUL LOVE IT
@@owenclark7406 thank you
Hey new friend, cheers from my fish room channel in Chicago, where I just subscribed to yours! I favor more plants than you do but I admire the clear and clean look of these tanks and look forward to seeing the rest of your fish room.
@LushSaltyAquariums thank you I subscribe to your channel as well
Such a dope tank man, those cichlids are looking so cool. Enjoy g
Thank you
Cool video. I've never used a skimmer, but never felt the need for one. I always keep full lids on, and a healthy bubble stream, either from filters, air stones, or both. Right now, I have a healthy growth of duckweed on my Endler tank, as they benefit from it. It covers the tank and needs to be thinned out each time I partial the tank. I see your water wisteria is growing like mine is. I've started to trim it and gave the wife some for her tank. It gives a great place for smaller fish and shrimp to hide. Take care.
Thank you
I have kept Festivums, "Mesonauta festivus", cichlids with angelfish. They occur together naturally in the Amazon, and they have gotten along fine in my tanks in the past. Take care.
I'll have to look into that
These pumps look used out of the box. I kinda feel bad I contacted Amazon and told them they sent me a used product now after seeing the same blemishes on the one in the video. They gave me $30 off
I've never had amazon swords and I'd like to try some in a future tank. All my Christmas moss, java ferns, jungle val, amazon frogbit and anubias love my hard water and really thrive. You mentioned you've had good success with amazon swords. Do you have hard water with a higher ph...around 7.8?
Yes I do
@blackwolf1987ks good to know...thank you
I like the changes. The water wisteria is gonna grow soon, and you can trim it and plant the tops. Some Amano shrimps can help with the algae. Let the plants get used to the tank for a month or so, then get some more fish. Take care.
I love the use of rocks and wood. The neons are just stressed from being crowded at the store and the travel. They'll color up real quick. Nice tank. I had 18 neons in my 55g that you can see on my channel, but I'm taking a break from the hobby right now for several reasons...best of luck to you. I subbed to see more
Thank you ill keep them coming
Nice tank!
Thank you
Hey bro I subscribed to your channel. I recommend the zebra Danfoss lol great tank though boss
Thank you I appericate it
*zebra danios correction.
Thanks for a nice video! I’ll keep my eyes out for the next one
Thank you
That's a good looking tank! Those neons will color up overnight once they figure out they are in a secure home. Can't wait to see what all else is goin' in. Take care.
Thank you I'm going to keep the updates coming and thanks for the support
1:06 the water is bypassing over the filter media.
Great demonstration. Just got this pump. Still working good? I tested a five gallon bucket just like you did. About 70 seconds. 👍
Yes the pump is still doing good
Good video. Let it set a month to let the plants get established. That water wisteria is gonna take over that corner. I have some to hide the sponge filters and they are doing great. Now for the fish. Take care.
Thank you
Nice video I enjoyed watching 😊